Knodus nuptialis

Knodus nuptialis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Knodus
Species: Knodus nuptialis

Name

Knodus nuptialis Menezes & Marinho, 2019

Holotype: MZUSP 124829, male, 46.5 mm SL, upstream dam, M. M. F. Marinho, P. Camelier, F. Dagosta, & V. Giovannetti, 7 August, 2015.

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Altamira, Rio 13 de Maio at Small Hydroelectric Central Salto do Três de Maio, tributary of Rio Curuá, Rio Xingu basin, 8°44’59”S 55°1’58.8”W.

Paratypes: same locality as holotype

• MZUSP 124828, 93 (22.0–56.0 mm SL, 5, C&S, 42.6–53.7 mm SL)
• INPA 58848 (7, 41.2–57.4 mm SL)
• MCP 54157 (7, 36.9–51.8 mm SL)
• MNRJ 51442 (7, 36.5–55.9 mm SL), collected with holotype
• MZUSP 97093, 43 (26.0–73.0 mm SL, mol), upstream dam, J. Birindelli, L. Sousa, A. Netto-Ferreira, M. Sabaj-Perez & N. Lujan, 22 Oct 2007
• MZUSP 101425, 18 (31.3–68.9 mm SL), upstream dam, Netto-Ferreira, A. L., Birindelli, J. L., Sousa, L. & Hollanda-Carvalho, P., 23 Jan 2009
• MZUSP 124827, 59 (21.9–47.9 mm SL), downstream dam, O. T. Oyakawa, M. M. F. Marinho, P. Camelier & R. Burger, 12 Oct 2017.

ZooBank: 31DC2F83-99F6-4EC6-A250-A196C90AB36F

References

Primary references

• Menezes, N.A., Marinho, M. M. F. 2019. A new species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) with comments on nuptial tubercles and gill gland in characiform fishes. PLoS ONE. 14(7): e0217915. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217915 Reference page. 

Links

• Knodus nuptialis in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Knodus nuptialis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Knodus nuptialis.
• ION
• Species-ID

For more multimedia, look at Knodus nuptialis on Wikimedia Commons.